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Patient Activation Measure Guides Education and Realistic Goal-Setting
As case managers work harder to meet their organizations’ patient engagement goals — particularly in the value-based care model — evidence-based tools can help them succeed. One such tool is the Patient Activation Measure, a scale that describes four stages of activation. Research showed the tool to be a valid and reliable instrument to measure activation and to help patients individualize care plans. -
The Role of the Social Work Case Manager Across the Continuum of Care
Social workers play a vital role on the interdisciplinary care team across the continuum of care. Working in concert with RN case managers and other members of the healthcare team, they assist in guiding and tracking patients over time through physical health, mental health, and social services, spanning all levels of intensity. -
Helping Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
Regardless of whether they realize it, case managers have likely worked with patients who are living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The diagnosis rate is relatively low. Even when a formal diagnosis is made, treatment is not necessarily offered — and for many patients, the diagnosis largely is overlooked. -
How Case Managers Can Use Data to Improve Care Delivery
What good are data if they are not used? Many case management departments collect data and report trends, but the information is only as good as how the hospital uses it. The extra effort is worth it. Case managers and their departments who use data in meaningful ways experience better outcomes — but the decision to be resourceful often starts higher up. -
Hospitals Without Walls Transitions Reach New Level
As the pandemic continues, some healthcare facilities worldwide are providing acute care to patients in their homes. This is a necessity in places where the health systems have been overwhelmed. In other places, it is a way to provide care that might even be safer for certain medically stable patients. -
Gaps in Care Occur Between ICU and Acute Care Unit
Patients who received ICU care experience problems that need to be resolved before they are discharged. These can include delirium, debility, and dysphagia, researchers say. -
International Nursing Group Sounds Alarm Over Interrupted Nursing Pipeline
Emerging data and reports suggest long-term stress and burnout among nurses has escalated since the COVID-19 pandemic began — which might contribute to increasing numbers of nurses leaving the workforce. -
FBI Says ‘Conti’ Ransomware Affected 16 U.S. Healthcare and First Responder Networks
Cyberattacks have targeted 911 dispatchers, emergency medical services over the past year. -
HHS Expands Mental Health Services Access for Young Patients
Agency designates funding for existing program that promotes behavioral health integration into pediatric primary care using telehealth. -
Prophylaxis for Tuberculosis in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
In this observational study from an area with a high rate of endemic tuberculosis (TB), prophylactic treatment of TB was appropriate in those treated with high doses of prednisone and evidence of prior TB infection.